Locomotive headlight



EA MLZES J. BANASZAK. L'ocomouvz HEADLIGHT 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 FILED MAR- 8, 1,922.

as are. if ll JOHN LOCOIEOTI'VE Application filed March 8,

To all whom 2'7; may concern:

Be it known that l, Jon): BANAsZAK, a citizen of Poland, residing) at Ironwood, in the county oi Gogebic and te of lllichigan, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Locomotive Headlights, of which the following is spe ification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in locomotive headlights, and has particular reference to a headlight ot the dirigible type adapted r'or mounting upon the forward end ot a locomotive steam engine with manually operable ClQ'vlCG/S arranged adjacent the engine cab for shifting the headlights to cause the rays projected therefrom travel in. the direction directly forwardly of the locomotive.

The primary object 01 the invention has reference to a dirigible headlight tor locomotives that manually operable from a point adjacent the locomotive cab with a novel form of spring mounting for the headlight designed for absorbing shocks and jars incident to the travel of the locomotive and also to render the movement or the headlight readily responsive.

l l ith the above general objects in view the invention consists of the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described in connection with accompanying drawing, and in which like reference characters designate corresponding parts through the several. views.

.ln the drawings:

Fig. 1 a top plan view of steam. locomotive, illustrated by dotted lines, with the present form of dirigible headlight operatively mounted thereon and illustrated by full lines,

Fig. 2 shows by dotted lines, a side elevational view of a locomotive with the invention operatively arranged theron showing the headlight at the forward end of the locomotive and the manually operating device for shifting the same arranged adjacent the locomotive cab.

Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional view taken on line lll lil of Fig. 2 showing the guide pulleys and operating cord with the shifting handle for the lamps fixed to the operating cord,

Fig. 1 is a detailed sectional view taken on line lVIV of Fig. 1 showing the controlling lever tor shifting the headlight,

Fig. 5 is; side elevational view of the B111\TASZAK,1OF rnorqwoon, MICHIGAN.

HEADLIGHT.

1922. Serial No. 542,090.

headlight showing the bracket mountings and the ad acent end of the locomotwe,

T1. r v v i h i ig. 6 1s a lionU elevational view of b e headlight showing the spring mountings and the operating cord attached to each side thereof, and

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view taken on line vnevn of Fig. 6 showing one of the adjustable spring mountings for the headlight.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawings and particularly to Figures 1 and 2, there is illustrated by dotted lines a locomotive embodying a boiler portion 1 and a cab 91, the headlight disclosed in this application being supported at the forward end ot the locomotive boiler as shown in Figures 1 and 2, while the operat ing lever for shifting the headlight is arranged adjacent the locomotive cab as illus trated;

The headlight and mounting shown more clearly in Figures 1 and 2 and 5 to 7, the headlight embodying a lamp casing 3 of ordinary construction including an electric bulb illuminated by current passing through the wires 4 shown in Fig.6. The mounting tort-he lamp embodies a pair of vertically alined brackets 5 mounted upon the forward end of the body of the locomotive with adjusting screws and spring devices interposed between the bracket arms and the lamp casing 3. The adjusting screw embodies a headed stem 6 threaded through the bracket arm 5 shown in Fig. 7 with a lock nut T for holding the screw stem in its adjusted position, the outer end oithe stem being provided with a wrench end 8 to facilitate rotation thereof. The inner end of the screw stem is provided with an enlarged head having a central block portion 9 and a peripheral flange 10 nel 11. .11 spring anchoring block is secured to the adjacent side of the lamp casing 3, the same including a base plate 12 carrying a central plug 13 and a peripheral flange 141 defining a channel 15. A coil spring 16 has its opposite ends received in channels 11 and 15 as shown in Fig. 7, it being noted that the screws 6 are diametrically disposed with respect to the lamp casing 3 while the channels 11 and 15 for the opposite ends of the springs 16 provide a secure lock forre taining the headlight in its proper position. .lllso, the adjustability of the Screws 6. protherefor, is

vide for a variance in. the tension on the springs 16, the screws beingadj usted to compensate li'or' wear and loss of re'siliencyin the springs.

The mechanism for shifting the headlight casing 3 includes a seriesof pulleys and operating cords traveling thereover, Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings showing bracketsu y porting pulleys 17 and, 18 arranged adjacent the forward end of the locomotive body v AYliJ lLPUllGKSlQ and-20 alined withthe pul- ,over the pulleys 20 22, 23,

ley'slB and arranged adjacent the locomotive Y cab 2. A, pulley 21 is disposed beneath the pulley l9, and angularly disposed" pulleys 22am]. 23. 20 at the opposite side of the cab 2. his

v a. laterally directed/ten minal arms 25 to Which the adjacent endsoi ,over the pulley l9,;While the cord 26 at the ,op posite side of tl1e;locom0tive body passes and 21, i h M l cent endsof the cords, 26 areshown in Fig- ,uresidandbeing secured lever2'7; The lever-27 is pivotallysu'pjpprted'fadjacent thelocom otive cab' 2 an 'l segment 28, the lever I cooperates with a rack carrying. a tensi oned pawl 29 for cooperation the segment rack to hold the lever v in its adjusted set position.

the device. it is believed that the Ytion andoperation thereof will at once be From. the above detailed deseription of construcapparent, it being noted that when the leyer 27 is disposed in'a horizontal position shown in igure {4, the. headlight '3 ,ispositioned for direct ing the rays therefrom ina direcdirectly ferwardly of the locomotive 3 tion until manually shifted arearranged beneath the pulleyjusted to compensate for the preferred embodiment 1t s to beunderstood thatnnnor changes in to the end oi the I i loqomot e having a central plug with an intermediate channeha block; car-.

having-a central body. When it is desired to shift the head- ,light to either the right orrleft, to cause the light rays to be projected directly forwardly of the locomotive, the lever 27 is moved elther upwardly or downwardly, carrying therewith "the operating cords 26, and said cords passing over the several pulleys above described, and being attached to the bracket 7 arms 25 as shown in Figures 1 and 6, the headlight is shifted laterally in the desired direction and maybe retained'in-such posiin the direction desired. Also, the spring n'iounting for the headlight will mater ally eliminate damage thereto and shocks and jars incident tothe travel of the locomotive will be absorbed by the springs The; screws 6 maybe ad- Wear Of the springs 16 and also to provide a inn; for the headlig ht lampcasing 3.

While there is herein shown and described of my invention,

construction, combination and arrangement of parts may he made Without departing from the spirit and claimed. v p a v i Hav ng thus described the invention, what scope of the invention as Iclaim is: i z

In a dirigible headlight for locomotives,

a lamp casing, bracket arms carried bythe I v screw pins threaded in the bracket arms,a-head carried by each pin a peripheral flange ried by the lamp casing plug, 1 a peripheral, flange and an intervening channel, anda coil spring enclosing the .plugswith the opposite ends seated in said channels. v i

In, testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' JOHN BANASZAK,

more rigid mount 

